Testing Isotope eCommerce on your own server
Our demo installation is the best tool to show you the configuration and features of Isotope eCommerce. The setup is based on the official Contao Demo and works in conjunction with a fresh installation of Contao 4.13 and using the Contao Manager.
Installation via the Contao Manager
Install the Contao Manager as described in the Contao documentation and follow these instructions step by step.
Select the Theme for Contao
option and enter isotope
in the search field.
Click on Details
in the search result and then on Install
.
The demo will now be installed.
Once the installation is complete, the connection parameters must be entered.
Click on Import theme
.
The database is restored from the supplied backup.
The database import has been successfully completed, click on Continue
to check the database schema.
Perform the pending migration by clicking on Check database
.
To update the database, click on Execute
.
The database changes have been applied, click Next
.
Click on Execute
to make the Shema changes.
There are no further migrations or schema changes, click Confirm & Close
.
Complete the customization of the database by clicking Next
.
Click Next
, as a user account already exists in the database backup supplied.
The Isotope eCommerce demo has been successfully installed.
You can now check the front end or log in in the back end via http://www.yourdomain.org/contao/login
as Kevin Jones.
(username: k.jones and password: kevinjones)
Have fun and happy testing!
If you have any questions, please check out our manual or contact the community forums.
Installation via the command line
In your project directory:
composer create-project isotope/isotope-demo .
Define the database connection in the .env.local
.
Change to the isotope-demo
directory and import the database backup:
vendor/bin/contao-console contao:backup:restore
and execute pending migrations:
vendor/bin/contao-console contao:migrate